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When he was nine years old, American boy Milo Cress had a question: How many plastic straws(吸管) do Americans use every day?

He quickly learned there wasn’t a simple answer. The boy tried to work it out himself. Through lots of research, Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day. In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011.

Cress started the project in his hometown – Burlington, Vermont. He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order. It was a simple change. However, it would save money. And by doing that, the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent.

For the years that followed, Cress tried to spread his project across the United States. More and more restaurants agreed to join. They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one. Last April, Seattle became the first American city to completely ban ( 禁 止 ) plastic straws.

Plastic pollution has been one of the most serious problems today. According to scientists, more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. Plastic straws are especially terrible. They make it easy for people to get comfortable with single-use plastics.

After his project became popular, Cress took his findings on the road. He has since spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world. He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws.

＂Focusing(聚焦) on straws is one simple step we all could take,＂ Cress says. ＂And it makes me feel that I, as a kid, could make a difference, too.＂

1. When did Milo Cress start to care about the problem of straws?

A. Ten years ago.         B. In the year 2011.      C. In the year that he was 9.

2. Cress started the Be Straw Free project in order to _____________.

A. get a good score in science at his school

B. encourage people to reduce plastic waste

C. become a famous person in his hometown

3. What did Cress ask a restaurant in Burlington to do?

A. Stop offering straws to its customers.

B. Prevent people from using straws to drink.

C. Count the number of straws it uses every day.

4. Plastic straws are especially terrible because _____________.

A. they are the most serious problem today

B. scientists pay little attention to their influence

C. they help people get used to using single-use plastics

5. Over the years, Cress has _____________.

① spread his project across the United States

② asked Seattle to completely ban plastic bags

③ counted the plastic straws in the ocean every year

④ spoken to teens around the world about plastic waste

A. ①③                   B. ②③                   C. ①④

【回答】

【文章大意】本篇文章難度適中，主要講述如今白*汙染已經是最嚴重的問題，一個九歲的孩子建立了一個專案希望減少白*汙染，並且講述了他為減少白*汙染而做的努力。

1. C【解析】細節理解題。根據When he was nine years old, American boy Milo Cress had a question: How many plastic straws(吸管) do Americans use every day可知，在他9歲時，他關心吸管問題，故選C。

2. B【解析】細節理解題。根據In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011可知，他創辦這個專案的目的是為了減少白*汙染，故選B

3. A【解析】細節理解題。根據He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order可知，他讓伯靈頓的飯店不要主動向顧客提供吸管，故選A。

4. C【解析】細節理解題。根據Plastic straws are especially terrible. They make it easy for people to get comfortable with single-use plastics可知，他們使人們很容易適應一次*塑料，故選C。

5. C【解析】細節理解題。根據For the years that followed, Cress tried to spread his project across the United States可知，他嘗試著將他的專案遍及整個美國，①是他做的；根據Last April, Seattle became the first American city to completely ban ( 禁 止 ) plastic straws可知，西雅圖成為美國第一個全面禁止使用塑料吸管的城市，②錯誤；根據According to scientists, more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year可知，科學家說每年有800萬噸塑料被倒入海洋中，不是他計算的，排除③；根據He has since spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world可知，他對全世界許多學生說關於白*汙染的問題，④正確，故選C。

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